A photograph taken the next day

[learnsslowly]

We stayed in Boot, and walked to this nearby, somewhat isolated church before going on the Ratty (small, steam railway) from Dalegarth to Ravenglass and back. My husband being a steam enthusiast and having indulged me most nobly the previous day in my desire to go up the Old Man of Coniston, a steam railway trip was most definitely in order

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[heliopausa]

Yes, very interesting. I looked quickly on the internet, and came up with this very sad story of his elder sister:
http://www.eskdalebenefice.org.uk/ellieporter.html

(which has echoes of some of your own stories, in that it shows the pivotal role of the local post-office/telegraph office, and deals with the earlier World War.)

[elen_nare]

How sad! You can see his name on the cross too... and two other Porters, one in WWI, one in WWII - I wonder if they were relatives too?

[learnsslowly]

Yes, it was indeed St Catherine's church. And thank you so much for posting this link. Yes, I'm guessing that the telegraph about John was taken down by Miss Letty.

[sallymn]

Old headstones offten have fascinating little glimpses of the stories...